Diane Mcintyre

Biographic Data

ID	3927394
NAME	Diane Mcintyre
GIVEN NAMES	Diane
FAMILY NAME	Mcintyre
SIGNATURE	MCINTYRE D
AFFILIATIONS	Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, South Africa, 2Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2QN, UK and 3Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	14
TOTAL CITATIONS	94
WORKS AS AUTHOR	14
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2018
H-INDEX	3

Does expanding fiscal space lead to improved funding of the health sector in developing countries
Open AccessJane Doherty, Doris Kirigia et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018
BACKGROUND: The global focus on promoting Universal Health Coverage has drawn attention to the need to increase public domestic funding for health care in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES: This article examines whether increased tax revenue in the three territories of Kenya, Lagos State (Nigeria) and South Africa was accompanied by improved resource allocation to their public health sectors, and explores the reasons underlying the obs…
Assessing the catastrophic effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of a nationwide health insurance scheme in Ghana
Open AccessJames Akazili, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017
BACKGROUND: Financial risk protection against the cost of unforeseen healthcare has gained global attention in recent years. Although Ghana implemented a nationwide health insurance scheme with a goal of reducing financial barriers to accessing healthcare and addressing impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments, there is a paucity of knowledge on the extent of financial catastrophe of such payments in Ghana. Thus, this pape…
Social Determinants of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Cape Town
Open AccessA Scheibe, Rithuli Orleyn et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2016Cited by: 1References: 1
Improving the public health sector in South Africa
Open AccessAyako Honda, Mandy Ryan et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2015Cited by: 3References: 16
Background The introduction of national health insurance (NHI), aimed at achieving universal coverage, is the most important issue currently on the South African health policy agenda. Improvement in public sector health-care provision is crucial for the successful implementation of NHI as, regardless of whether health-care services become more affordable and available, if the quality of the services provided is not acceptable, people will not use…
An assessment of progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS)
Open AccessRainer Martens, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2014
Celebrating the work of Gavin Mooney
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane McintyreARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 1References: 9
Inequities in access to health care in South Africa
Open AccessBronwyn Harris, Jane Goudge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Policy2011
Who pays for health care in Ghana
Open AccessJames Akazili, John Owusu Gyapong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2011
For Ghana to attain adequate financial risk protection and ultimately achieve universal coverage, it needs to extend pre-payment cover to all in the informal sector, possibly through funding their contributions entirely from tax, and address other issues affecting the expansion of the National Health Insurance. Furthermore, the pre-payment funding pool for health care needs to grow so budgetary allocation to the health sector can be enhanced
From targeted exemptions to user fee abolition in health care
Open AccessFelix Masiye, Bona M Chitah et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2010Cited by: 9References: 11
The health and health system of South Africa
Open AccessHoosen Coovadia, Rachel Jewkes et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2009
Beyond fragmentation and towards universal coverage
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane McintyreARTICLEBulletin of the World Health…2008
The World Health Assembly of 2005 called for all health systems to move towards universal coverage, defined as " access to adequate health care for all at an affordable price" . A crucial aspect in achieving universal coverage is the extent to which there are income and risk cross-subsidies in health systems. Yet this aspect appears to be ignored in many of the policy prescriptions directed at low- and middle-income countries, often resulting in …
What are the economic consequences for households of illness and of paying for health care in low- and middle-income country contexts
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane Mcintyre et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 73References: 22
Inequities in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa
Open AccessEyob Zere, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2003
OBJECTIVES: To assess and quantify the magnitude of inequalities in under-five child malnutrition, particularly those ascribable to socio-economic status and to consider the policy implications of these findings. METHODS: Data on 3765 under-five children were derived from the Living Standards and Development Survey. Household income, proxied by per capita household expenditure, was used as the main indicator of socio-economic status. Socio-econom…
Towards equity in health in an unequal society
Open AccessGerald Bloom, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1998Cited by: 7References: 7

Towards equity in health in an unequal society
Open AccessGerald Bloom, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1998Cited by: 7References: 7
Inequities in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa
Open AccessEyob Zere, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2003
OBJECTIVES: To assess and quantify the magnitude of inequalities in under-five child malnutrition, particularly those ascribable to socio-economic status and to consider the policy implications of these findings. METHODS: Data on 3765 under-five children were derived from the Living Standards and Development Survey. Household income, proxied by per capita household expenditure, was used as the main indicator of socio-economic status. Socio-econom…
What are the economic consequences for households of illness and of paying for health care in low- and middle-income country contexts
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane Mcintyre et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 73References: 22
Beyond fragmentation and towards universal coverage
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane McintyreARTICLEBulletin of the World Health…2008
The World Health Assembly of 2005 called for all health systems to move towards universal coverage, defined as " access to adequate health care for all at an affordable price" . A crucial aspect in achieving universal coverage is the extent to which there are income and risk cross-subsidies in health systems. Yet this aspect appears to be ignored in many of the policy prescriptions directed at low- and middle-income countries, often resulting in …
The health and health system of South Africa
Open AccessHoosen Coovadia, Rachel Jewkes et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2009
From targeted exemptions to user fee abolition in health care
Open AccessFelix Masiye, Bona M Chitah et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2010Cited by: 9References: 11
Inequities in access to health care in South Africa
Open AccessBronwyn Harris, Jane Goudge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Policy2011
Who pays for health care in Ghana
Open AccessJames Akazili, John Owusu Gyapong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2011
For Ghana to attain adequate financial risk protection and ultimately achieve universal coverage, it needs to extend pre-payment cover to all in the informal sector, possibly through funding their contributions entirely from tax, and address other issues affecting the expansion of the National Health Insurance. Furthermore, the pre-payment funding pool for health care needs to grow so budgetary allocation to the health sector can be enhanced
An assessment of progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS)
Open AccessRainer Martens, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2014
Celebrating the work of Gavin Mooney
Open AccessDi Mcintyre, Diane McintyreARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 1References: 9
Improving the public health sector in South Africa
Open AccessAyako Honda, Mandy Ryan et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2015Cited by: 3References: 16
Background The introduction of national health insurance (NHI), aimed at achieving universal coverage, is the most important issue currently on the South African health policy agenda. Improvement in public sector health-care provision is crucial for the successful implementation of NHI as, regardless of whether health-care services become more affordable and available, if the quality of the services provided is not acceptable, people will not use…
Social Determinants of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Cape Town
Open AccessA Scheibe, Rithuli Orleyn et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2016Cited by: 1References: 1
Assessing the catastrophic effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of a nationwide health insurance scheme in Ghana
Open AccessJames Akazili, Di Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017
BACKGROUND: Financial risk protection against the cost of unforeseen healthcare has gained global attention in recent years. Although Ghana implemented a nationwide health insurance scheme with a goal of reducing financial barriers to accessing healthcare and addressing impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments, there is a paucity of knowledge on the extent of financial catastrophe of such payments in Ghana. Thus, this pape…
Does expanding fiscal space lead to improved funding of the health sector in developing countries
Open AccessJane Doherty, Doris Kirigia et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018
BACKGROUND: The global focus on promoting Universal Health Coverage has drawn attention to the need to increase public domestic funding for health care in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES: This article examines whether increased tax revenue in the three territories of Kenya, Lagos State (Nigeria) and South Africa was accompanied by improved resource allocation to their public health sectors, and explores the reasons underlying the obs…